Darius Goes West

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I had to buy this DVD for class. At first I was upset, it cost $20! But after watching the movie, I know think it may have been the best $20 I ever spent. Darius Goes West is a documentary film about Darius Weems. In the film, he is a fifteen year old kid from Athens, GA. Darius was born with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. According to their website, DMD is “the number one fatal genetic disease to affect children in the world.” The disorder causes the muscles of people to slowly stop working until, inevitably, their entire system shuts down. People with the disorder rarely make it into their thirties and spend much of their lives in wheelchairs.
Despite the many problems DMD can bring into someone’s life, Darius does not let them get him down. He, and 11 of his friends, went on an epic journey from Athens all the way to California. Their first goal was to get Darius’s wheel chair “pimped out” by MTV. Their other, and most important, goal was to increase awareness about DMD and raise money to help find a cure. The film is amazing! It is funny, it is emotional, and it is a true story of hope in a often dark and dreary world.
Their goal now is to sell 1,000,000 copies of the DVD by Darius’s birthday on September 27, 2009. The movie costs $20 to buy, and for every DVD sold, $17 goes to help support Duchenne Research. The other $3 goes to produce more DVDs. Enough of my talk, you can find out more by visiting www.DariusGoesWest.org or by watching the video clip on this page. Think about it, you can help cure one of the most fatal diseases in the world. Now that is helping put broken things back together.